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Butland is widely seen as a bona fide contender to be England number one going to next summer's World Cup finals in Russia after successfully returning from a long injury lay off with a broken ankle suffered in March 2016.

And his return to the game has coincided with Hart's problems in club football at West Ham this season.

Butland will now have to wait until England's next batch of fixtures in March to impress. They are scheduled to face Italy at Wembley on March 23 and then play away to The Netherlands on March 27.